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Although this is some kind of so called 'prophetic' article. It does have good foot notes, they are such that I can not copy them persay. So you can click on the links at the end.
http://www.cryingvoice.com/Endtimes/Abortion2.html#Ref10

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Dear Pani Rose,

Thank you for the references! smile

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I'm not a big cosmetic queen. My younger cousin used to use cleansing products years ago that were called - and I kid you not -"Placenta Life." I guess this would have been back in high school. I told her plain old soap and water were good enough for me. (I don't have wrinkles, btw, but she has plenty of them - so I guess it didn't do her any good to buy that silly, disgusting stuff.)

I am positive that the label on the product she used claimed it was a bovine-based - but I was so grossed out by the concept of that as a cosmetic, that it has permanently affected how I buy cosmetics even today.

So I read the ingredients c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y and go for the higher-end, tree-hugging, hippie-granola, so-called cruelty-free cosmetics that are neither tested on animals nor that contain contain any animal (or human!) ingredients whatsoever. They are out there. They cost a little more, but I'm willing to pay.

Nothing would surprise me as a cosmetic ingredient, particularly from some overseas cosmetic companies. Some women are really desperate to stay young and will do absolutely silly things out of vanity.

As my mom always says, "Getting old sure beats the alternative."


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I want a little more proof than this. When I consider the volume of aborted babies against the volume of cosmetics sold, something doesn't add up. I don't doubt anyone's sincerity in posting this, but it does seem to resemble an urban legend.

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I don't doubt the medical experiments, it's the widespread use of aborted babies in cosmetics that I question. Those Suave products I buy are already dirt cheap, so it wouldn't be economical for the manufacturer to use baby parts in them. Again, the cosmetics industry is huge. I question whether there are enough aborted babies to go around for that purpose. Now granted, there could very well be some high-end, expensive cosmetics that could use baby materials. But the over the counter stuff at Walgreens - it wouldn't be economical.
I don't think anybody is saying ALL cosmetics use baby parts. They said to watch out for the ones that use collegen or placenta, and don't specify that it's animal product, not human.

I've got a bottle of cheap hand lotion on my desk. Just looked at the ingredients: water, mineral oil, paraffin, a whole bunch of chemical names I can't begin to pronounce, dyes and fragrance.

I'm sure if you stick with your Suave products from Walgreens, you'll be fine.

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